Book Club 4th Feb

Hi everyone, there seems to have been a bit of confusion on who is holding book club on Tuesday.  It's at my house (Kaye's) 61 Monbulk-Seville Rd Seville.  I think that you have all been here before.
Anyway here are a list of questions we can discuss re: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent.

• How did you enjoy the book?  Were you engaged immediately or did it take a while to get into it and what emotions did you feel when reading it?
• Fate and destiny are major themes in this work, for Agnes seems fated to have come to the end she does.  Could she have escaped this destiny?  Was there a turning point in her life which she might have avoided?
• What do you believe drew Agnes to Natan, and vice versa?
• Blondal is the real villain of this piece.  What did you make of his decision to lodge Agnes with District Officer Jon and his family? Why did he do that?
• Are Steina, Lauga and Margret changed by Agnes's time with them" Has her fate changed theirs in any way?
• Agnes goes to her death holding Toti's hand, for they have discovered a deep need for each other.  Is this story ultimately about the loneliness of our end in life? Or does it celebrate the comfort that a person can bring to the dying.
• Gossip, rumour and prejudice determine Agnes's end.  She is 'hung' on the strength of a reputation which is largely conjecture and linked to her poverty. Discuss

See you on Tuesday
Kaye